samba - Jan 2003 - How do I get the @#$$% job name to show instead of smbprn.yada.ya da?

I'm tinkering with this mod to my smb.conf,
and can't get the actual filename to be
displayed in the printed job history.

It's adapted from one Joel put out on the list
last year.  My impression is that it works for
everyone in the world but me....

All that ever shows up is smbprn.yada.yada...
in the printer's history of printed jobs.

print command = echo %J %p %s  >>  /tmp/junkJ;\
a="`echo '%J' | sed "s/^.*- //"`" ;\
echo This is truncated $a >> /tmp/junkJ;\
/usr/local/bin/lpr -P%p  -J"$a" -U%m %s;\
rm %s

Looking in /tmp/junkJ, the $a is the filename,
as it's supposed to be.


I'm running OpenBSD 3.2, LPRng 3.8.19.  Clients are
all Win2k/SP2.  The printer(s) are a mix of HP4s,
and a new Lanier 2138 (Ricoh 3800c in sheeps clothing).

I think something isn't being parsed/passed
correctly between Samba and LPRng.

Using the standard LPRng Print Command produces the
same results (lpr -P%p -r %s), so it almost seems
as though the -J%J job info parameter is being
ignored (when I add it to the Print Command)

Any help would be appreciated.

Jim

If the file name is right in /tmp/J, then it looks like samba is working ok.

I guess the question would be, does your version of lpr support the -J
option? lpr -H shows all the options. 

What happens if you just print a file on your linux server (with the printer
turned off) with:

lpr  -J"This is my banner" FileToPrint

lpq should show something like this:

 Rank   Owner/ID                   Class Job  Files               Size Time
active  jlh@hammer2+227               A  227 This is my banner  24 20:43:27   

Joel


On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 07:35:25PM -0500, Van Sickler, Jim
wrote:
> I'm tinkering with this mod to my smb.conf,
> and can't get the actual filename to be
> displayed in the printed job history.
> 
> It's adapted from one Joel put out on the list
> last year.  My impression is that it works for
> everyone in the world but me....
> 
> All that ever shows up is smbprn.yada.yada...
> in the printer's history of printed jobs.
> 
> print command = echo %J %p %s  >>  /tmp/junkJ;\
> a="`echo '%J' | sed "s/^.*- //"`" ;\
> echo This is truncated $a >> /tmp/junkJ;\
> /usr/local/bin/lpr -P%p  -J"$a" -U%m %s;\
> rm %s
> 
> Looking in /tmp/junkJ, the $a is the filename,
> as it's supposed to be.
> 
> 
> I'm running OpenBSD 3.2, LPRng 3.8.19.  Clients are
> all Win2k/SP2.  The printer(s) are a mix of HP4s,
> and a new Lanier 2138 (Ricoh 3800c in sheeps clothing).
> 
> I think something isn't being parsed/passed
> correctly between Samba and LPRng.
> 
> Using the standard LPRng Print Command produces the
> same results (lpr -P%p -r %s), so it almost seems
> as though the -J%J job info parameter is being
> ignored (when I add it to the Print Command)
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Jim
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